Helen Mirren

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The Fine Young Cannibal on being Hull’s ‘first black punk’ and his creative renaissance

Caitlin Moran: ‘This is still the best time in history to be a woman’

The bestselling author brings her trademark wit and searing insights to a new book, More Than a Woman

Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why

Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort

Happy 75th birthday Helen Mirren: The woman who could make men feel like boys

As the actor turns 75, a look at her astonishing career in which she’s played cops, rockers, monarchs and murderers

‘He’s so strapping and virile’: Patrick Stewart at 80, by Shatner, McKellen, Grammer and more

Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, and fights in string vests

Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive

A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night

The 10 worst films of the past 10 years

The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself

Keanu Reeves: Everyone is talking about his new girlfriend, and it’s not why you think

The long-single actor turned heads after appearing in public with Alexandra Grant

On My Culture Radar: Mary McEvoy

The actor on the appeal of Helen Mirren and discovering the artistry of Odilon Redon

Catherine the Great is actually only Catherine the okay

The ruler of Russia faces her steepest challenge yet: filling the void left by Game of Thrones

Helen Mirren: ‘Catherine the Great was a serial monogamist’

The granddaughter of Russian immigrants dazzles as the 18th-century empress

45 of the best TV shows to watch this autumn

From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series

Old father time: becoming a dad later in life

Many men are now in their 40s or 50s when children come along. But there are risks, say experts

Hobbs & Shaw: Fast & Furious needs to get back to basics

Review: Neither Johnson nor Statham has much to work with, but the banter is awful

Cannes 2019: This year’s first five-star film, plus a lonely, whimpering Palm Dog

Cannes diary: Robert Pattinson stars in The Lighthouse; and a crowded market for mutts

What’s my birth plan? Simple: get out with me and baby alive

Good for you if you have your 12-page plan laminated, but best laid plans often end up on the floor like a queasy partner

Gillian Anderson ‘to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’

X-Files actor reportedly to take on role in fourth series of award-winning Netflix blockbuster

What’s that stench? It’s the 10 worst films of 2018

From Fifty Shades Freed to sleazy Muppets in The Happytime Murders, the cinematic lowlights of the year

Little Christmas cheer likely for M&S in interim results

M&S results will be in sharp contrast to Primark, which recorded a ‘significant’ increase in its UK market share

The Leisure Seeker: Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren well below their best

Review: The film is a long, slow Winnebago ride to a cold, cold grave

Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies

Everything you wanted to know about ageing (but were afraid to ask)

Unthinkable: A philosopher and a lawyer have teamed up to try to answer older people’s deepest questions

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